Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.

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Label	Occurrences
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	3
23rd Amendment	1
Amendment XXIII	1
Twenty-third Amendment	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Electoral College, constitutionalBasis, Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution]

A. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1804 amendment that reformed the presidential election process by requiring separate Electoral College votes for president and vice president to prevent electoral deadlocks and conflicts between running mates.
B. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
C. Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a provision in the Bill of Rights that reserves to the states or the people all powers not delegated to the federal government, serving as a key foundation for American federalism and states’ rights.
D. Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment is a key post–Civil War addition to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law, forming the foundation of many modern civil rights protections.
E. Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
Target entity description: The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.

A. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1804 amendment that reformed the presidential election process by requiring separate Electoral College votes for president and vice president to prevent electoral deadlocks and conflicts between running mates.
B. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
C. Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a provision in the Bill of Rights that reserves to the states or the people all powers not delegated to the federal government, serving as a key foundation for American federalism and states’ rights.
D. Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment is a key post–Civil War addition to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law, forming the foundation of many modern civil rights protections.
E. Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
affectsOffice	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
aimedAt	increasing democratic participation of District of Columbia residents ⓘ
allows	District of Columbia to appoint electors for President and Vice President ⓘ
appliesTo	Washington, D.C. ⓘ residents of the District of Columbia ⓘ
comparedWith	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalCategory	Electoral College amendment ⓘ suffrage amendment ⓘ
constitutionalNumbering	Amendment XXIII ⓘ linked to: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
containsProvision	Section 1 ⓘ Section 2 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effectiveOn	1961-03-29 ⓘ
empowers	Congress to enforce the article by appropriate legislation ⓘ
governs	appointment of presidential electors for the District of Columbia ⓘ
grants	allocation of Electoral College votes to the District of Columbia ⓘ right of residents of Washington, D.C. to participate in presidential elections ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War era ⓘ linked to: Cold War
jurisdiction	federal elections ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
limits	number of electors for the District of Columbia to no more than the least populous state ⓘ
ordinalNumber	23 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1960-06-16 ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1961-03-29 ⓘ
relatedTo	Electoral College reform ⓘ representation of the District of Columbia ⓘ voting rights in the United States ⓘ
sectionCount	2 ⓘ
setsMaximum	three presidential electors for the District of Columbia ⓘ
shortName	23rd Amendment ⓘ linked to: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution Twenty-third Amendment ⓘ linked to: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
subject	District of Columbia ⓘ Electoral College ⓘ United States presidential elections ⓘ linked to: United States presidential election voting rights ⓘ
textBegins	"Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:" ⓘ
typeOfChange	expansion of suffrage ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Electoral College → constitutionalBasis → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Twenty-third Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → 23rd Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → constitutionalNumbering → Amendment XXIII ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

24th Amendment to the United States Constitution → precededBy → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

District of Columbia → electoralVotesGrantedBy → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

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